Valve for measuring and dispensing fluid



lv.. CAMPBELL, JR 'vALirE Fon MEASURING AND DIsPENsING FLUID April 29,1930.

Filed May 1'7,l 1928 INVE @s/i4,

' ToR 'i E, BY f' ATT RNEY;

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Patented 29, 1930 EOEN: CAMPBELL, in.,

, ProB a OE LAKEWOOD, OHIO Y yvALvE Eon MEAsUEiNG lAND nisrENsiNG ELUIDApplication filedv May 17,

This invention relates to valve means for measuring and dispensingvfluids. ln some of its more limitedV applications itrelates to thedispensing otgas charged carbonated 5 liquids and in others to themeasuring'of liqy uids which are not charged with-a gas.

In the drawings accompanying and Jforming a part of thisV specification.Y z Figure 1 shows oneembodiment vof my in- '10 vention in position Aonone Vform ofreceptacle. Figure 2 is a side elevation view taken on vline2.-'2 of Figure 1; -f l Figure 3 shows the device of Figures 1 and 2with clampingylever in"positio'n prelimioperation. Y Figure 4 is a lsideelevational viewt'aken substantially onlie 4--4 of Figure 1; e Figure '5is a central sectional view taken on line 5-5 ofv Figure 1 with theparts shown in their normal-position showing an embodiment 'modilied astocertain parts; Fi'gurefisl a view corresponding to Figure "5 butshowing anotherniodified embodiment of my invention; .y I e Y f Figure8.'s `a view corresponding to Figure 5 but showingr still anothermodiied embodi- -ment of my invention. A Referring' first' to Figures 1designates a shouldered, stopper like,'re 'ceptacle-sealingl Vmember insealing position with the outletl opening or mouth of a receptacle 2v.This member. 1. i's disposed .in and carried by a cap Sprovided with aclamping lever 4 pivoted thereto and having inturned projections 5 toengage with the underside of vthe shoulder 6 of the receptacle 2.andpress the member 1 into position to close the outletopening of thereceptacle. The annular shoulder 7 on member 1'eXtends over the topsurface of the lshoulder '6 and additionally seals the receptacle. Thelever 4 is provided with a notch 8 in its lower end so that it may beused to open a receptacle, for example, to remove a crimpedrcap of theordinary well knownform. l n A tube 9 closes at one end by a pressed in-f flattened plug 10 and carrying at its other be moved longitudinallythrough the cap 3V by exerting on the'receptacle; j Figure 6 is-a Viewsimilar to Figure 5 but f of 'my invention f ytion of the bore spacedfrom the ends;

1 to 5y inclusive, Y

end a pressed on, chambered'head -11 havingl 192s." serial No. 278,470.

a lznurled liange 12 extends slidably androtatably through cap 3 andbore 5() of the member Thehead 11 carries a pressedin tube.. 13 'whichcommunicates through the head 11 witlifthe interior of the tube 9; Nearthe lower or' inner end of the tubef9 an inlet 'opening 14 is formedvlaterally through the 'side wall of the tube, which 'opening is'normally closed kby the sealing member 1, Vthe V tube 9 -being normallyretained in the posi- 60 tion shown in Figure 5 byV reason of' thespring 15 which is compressed between the,y head 11 and cap?) about tube9.

" It' willbe understood that the tube9 may `pressure on head 11suiicient to 4compress the spring` 15 as in Fig14 and also vthat itmaybe rotated in the cap as indicated in Figures 1 and 3.' Thesealingmember lis retained in cap 3 by the tube 9, plug 10 andspring'15. u

`As best Ishown in Fig. 5 the upper end Vo' the bore-50 is'enlarged toprovide anannular recess 51. Ag relatively large annular recess 52 isprovided in the intermediate porrEhe Vmaterial intermediate the recessesis thus adapted toform an annularlip 53 in con-k f tact with the tube 9the resilience of which is greater than the remainder of the member 1,and which is adapted to bend slightly in the" direction ofVreciprocation of the memberi9. e I In Vusing the device shown inFigures 1 to 5` the receptacle is lirst opened as by employing the notch8 on lever 4 to remove the cap orl other sealing means and then thesealing member' 1 is inserted in the outlet opening of the receptacleand the device is pressed down substantially into the position shown inFigure 3 after which the lever 4 is brought down' intotheposition ofFigure 1 thereby yiorcing theV sealing membertightly into the rmouth ofthe receptacle.v lVhen liquids are rvto' be` measuredv the receptaclemay be in- 95 y'verted and pressure is l'applied on the head 11y toexpose the opening114` to the liquid .which will pass out through'tubesQ'andl In this manner the liquid may be measured Lio Vbonatedliuids.theli uidvma be discharged cl Cl Y s rom the receptacle underconsiderable force if, after the device is in the position shown inFigure 5 the receptacleY is shaken and in* verted and then the head 11is pressed down to expose the opening 14 to the liquid.

As best illustrated'in Fig. '5 Vthe pressure that exists abovecarbonated beverages, is

adapted to press the end of the plugf 10, t-

getlier with the tension exerted y-bjy the spring 15, against the bottomofthe member `A1 which beingkresil'lent yis compressed and restrictedvby the wall of the containerand is brought intoiiuid tight engagementwith the outer wall tube 9 to assist'in'the sealing of theopennig In themodification shown in Figure 6 the cap 3 carries ya pivoted lever-16 thelower part Voirwhich lever is formed asa corkscrew 17.

The sealing member 1.8 which is carried by lcap V3 is provided with anenlarged central recess 19 which is exposed to the contents voff thereceptacle. A'tube 20 closed fat? its inner end byplug 24 projectsi'oincap, lia's a hea-d 21at its euterend'andfa tube 22 coinmunieatingwithY tube 210 vthrough the head. The head 21 is extended toward -thecap3 to form a :partial housing` for 4the spring 23 er which surrounds4thetube `20. The head has a limited movement which, 'however,=issufficient to expose the lateral opening'V 24 through the tub-e120 toiiqufid in th'e receptacle.

The embodiment of niyinvention :sho wn in Figure ff' vcomprises -asealing member 25 in the form of a washer or gasket to fcofver theinouth of receptacle. The'gaslret is Carried bya cap 26 having anintegrally formed 1depending flange 27!" shaped to engage under theAshoulder surrounding the mouth of the receptacle. Thisfflange mayextend "for a considerable dis-tance around the receptacle, it' desired.A clamping lever 28 is pivoted to the Cap '26 and yhas Van arinsuit-ably disposed to engage under the shoulderof the Areceptlacle and:securely Clamp CapV 26 and gasket' -on the receptacle. A Ytube 30extendssli dably and-rotatably 'through the :gasketand cap -26 anfd is)provided with' a pressed ron attenedg-plug 31 at yits lower end,

i 'and apressed on hollow-head'jS-Q iat it-s 'upper end `which vhea-dcarries `pressed therein Ithe tube33. A rsprin'g'34 serves to maintainthe Y 'tube 30 in the position shown in this figure wiheire the inletopeningl off 'thetube 30`is disposed inandelcsed by thegas'lret. The

operation of this is substantially the @aar frameset-aus.'

The inbeleliinelit of my-inveirtins'hwh i'in saine :as been describedhereii1"-ab'oi* e fior Figure 8 has a cap 36 provided with a threadedflange 37 to engage with a threaded split-ring 38 by means of which thedevice is secured to a receptacle. The cap 36 also has a lever arm 39which may be used in screwing the cap 36 to the ring 38, the latterhaving-a knurled edge which ,.permits it to be .held against frotationand the arm may be used in opening the receptacle, for which purposeitmay be provided with a notch similar lto notch 8 of Figure 2, or witha corkscrew suoliV as is shown at 17 in Figure 6 or other si'iita'b'lereceptacle 'opening means. The tubes 40 `and 417, plug 42 and head 43and spring 44 are similar to the corresponding par-tsfof Fig. 7. Y Y

It will be understood that hecorksere-W 17 may be substituted orthecorresponding `lever and opener 4of any othe other "figures and viceversa. The `head QEZinay likewise be Vsubstituted for-the various headsofthe other figures .and vice versa.

The sealingm'eiribersl, 518, 25 anc-136 ma?)y be made `ofrubber or othersuitable material an-dtlie lremaininl suitable metal. l

Having thus described myxinve'ntionso that `others :skilled in the artmay be enabled to Vpractice thefsame :what 'I desi-'reto secure byLetters Patents'is detinedfin what-is claimed. lVhat-is claimed-is; i

In a nrid icontainer, a :dispensing opening therefor, -a Y:fluiddispensing ldevice for 'said container lcomprising' a Cap, a boredsealing member, Vmeans-to .secure saidfeagpganfd sealing 'member "onfsai-d container, a valve disposed iin thebore of sait sealing member'oonapris ing a tube extending through said :sea-ling fnrernbenl aclosure -for the end of ythe l*tube adapted to engage lthe end of `ithe.sealing r member to compress the same, valveparts ad- Vja'een't the endof the tube adapte-d to` be closed by the sealing inembenthe sealingmember having` a flexible internal varmi-ilus adapted to resilientflyengage said tube in -fluid tight yengageinenttherewith. *l

@testimony whereof l hereunto my signature this eleve-nth day of fMay,1928.

LRN "CAMPBELL, Jn.

g fparts may be made Of yany "u

